Timo Pertilä
Information & Communications Technology
Power Platform Office 365 SharePoint Productivity
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Timo Pertilä
Microsoft MVP (Business Applications) / Power Platform + Office 365 geek / Speaker / Blogger
Power Platform & Office 365 Consultant. 20 years' experience on IT industry. Helping customers to make the most of their Microsoft investments.
Currently working most of the time with Power Platform. But loving also Teams, Planner, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, PowerShell, Bot Framework etc.
Wrote over 100 blog post related to Office 365 / Azure during the last 2 years.
Currently working as a Power Platform consultant at Forward Forever
Current sessions
What is the Dataverse for Teams and why everyone should be interested in it?
Power Platform has been a huge success. And it will be even more popular now when Dataverse for Teams is released.
But what this mysterious Dataverse for Teams actual is all about? Why it is so important? What impact it will have on the Power Platform and citizen development?
These are the key topics of the session.
Power Apps vs. Power Apps in Dataverse for Teams
Dataverse for Teams was launched in 2020. It means that whenever you start to plan (Canvas) Power Apps solution, you have two options:
- Go with "old school" standalone Power Apps. With standard or premium licenses
- Use Power Apps inside the Dataverse for Teams
But how to make this selection? What are the actual differences between these two approaches? From end-user, app maker, and IT perspective.
After this session, all this will be clear for you!
Power Platform Best Practices
Many organizations have just started their Power Platform journey. Everything is new and maybe a little bit confusing. In the worst scenario, this will slow down the whole adoption of the Power Platform.
In this session, I go through common mistakes people and organizations do with the Power Platform. Some are just small details, some are bigger ones. But you should be aware of these.
How to get started with Power Apps
Power Apps is essential part of the Power Platform. Many user think that Power Apps development is hard to learn and even harder to master.
This session have everything you need to get rapid start with Power Apps developing.
Basics about how in practice start building Power Apps. And tons of tips and tricks to be more productive.
- When to use Power Apps
- Power Apps editor walk through
- Basic controls and how to use them
- Utilizing different datasources
- Sharing your App
- Debugging
How to build secure cloud flows
Cloud flows are superb. You can build an automation solution in no time. Small integrations, approvals, notifications, you name it.
But is it even too easy? How do citizen developers manage security? Or do they? What are the biggest pitfalls from a security point of view?
In this session, you learn what you should take into consideration when you use cloud flows. From IT, business, and maker point of view.
PowerApps Deep Dive
You have build some simple PowerApps and want to learn more? This is the session for you.
Things to cover:
- Delegation
- Can I use big SharePoint lists in my solution?
- When I should use the SQL database instead of the SharePoint list?
- What causes the slowness on my PowerApps? Can I do something to fix it?
- Components? How to use them and when?
Session contains demos and lessons learned from real projects.
4 steps to take control of Power Automate and Power Apps in your organization
Citizen developers are here with Power platform. They will create plenty of nice Flows and Power Apps.
But if organizations aren't prepared, it will be a total mess from the governance point of view.
After this session, you will know how to avoid this mess in a way both citizen developers and IT are happy.
Top 10 things people mess up with Power Apps
With every tool, you can do things perfectly, fine or almost fine. This is ok.
But in some cases, you can make horrible mistakes.
In this session, I go through common mistakes people do with Power Apps. Some are just small details, some are bigger ones. But as a Power Apps maker, you should be aware of these.
Tips & tricks to build nice looking and performant Power Apps
Power Apps is a wonderful tool. You can build applications unbelievable fast with it. Power Apps can be used by phone or browser. You can embed it to Teams, SharePoint, Power BI, or Model-driven app.
Power Apps are everywhere! And everyone can build them.
But there are two common topics when talking about Power Apps.
1) They all look the same (and ugly)
2) They are slow
In this session, you learn what you can do about these 2 topics.